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Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade
Indian Express
| China said on Friday it would send a senior official to Tehran to discuss Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, and India indicated it would also weigh in, as Asia's two giants seek to head off new sanctions already playing havoc with trade. | New financial sanctions imposed by the United States ...
People follow foreign stock prices in a brokerage in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, after Hungary reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Union on a broad economic rescue package, including substantial financing to stabilize the country's economy rocked by the global financial crisis. Hungary's currency and stock market were rising Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund said the country would get an aid package of up to $25.1 billion (20 billion euros) to rescue its economy hit hard by the global financial cri
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Euro rises to 2-month high against dollar
The News & Observer
Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By CHRIS KAHN - AP Energy Writer By CHRIS KAHN Tags: | NEW YORK -- Oil prices are rising as Iran again threatens to cut off supplies to Europe. | Iranian lawmakers are pushing a plan to stop exporting crude to Europe before t...
Iran Leader to Announce Atomic Steps
The New York Times
| Iran signaled on Tuesday that it had made further advances in the country’s disputed nuclear energy program, announcing that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would reveal “key nuclear achievements” on Wednesday. An Iranian news agenc...
U.S. crude rises; capped by stock build, Europe woes
The Guardian
SEOUL, Feb 15 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures climbed on Wednesday, buoyed by concerns on oil production in the Middle East, but the rise was limited by continuing euro zone debt woes and higher than expected U.S. crude stock inventories. FUNDAMEN...
Iran retailers bank on Cupid for sales
Gulf News
| Tehran: Iranian retailers and restaurateurs were hoping yesterday that young people out buying gifts and making dinner plans for Valentine's would bring some temporary respite in the face of harsh economic sanctions. | Many Tehran restaurants repor...
Obama presses next China leader on 'rules'
The Himalayan
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Duke of York's foreign trips continue despite end to special envoy role
The Daily Telegraph
The Duke of York has met four foreign heads of state and embarked on two government-backed trade missions since stepping down as Britain’s special trade envoy, it has emerged...
A Libyan oil worker walks in front of a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega east of Libya, on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011. Production at Brega has dropped by almost 90 percent amid the country's crisis because many employees have fled and few ships are coming to offload the product
AP / Hussein Malla
Iran says it may halt oil sales to 'some countries'
BBC News
The dispute between Iran and the Western economies has escalated after Tehran warned it will stop oil sales to "some countries". | Rostam Qasemi, Iran's oil minister, said the curb...
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Oil hovers near $100 amid Iran tensions
Jakarta Post
| Crude prices were steady Friday amid a weaker US dollar and expectations that Europe will be able to find oil elsewhere if Iran makes good on its threat to immediately halt expor...
US, Europe look at fast but risky penalty on Iran
Atlanta Journal
| WASHINGTON — The United States and Europe are considering unprecedented punishment against Iran that could immediately cripple the country's financial lifeline. But it's an extreme option in the banking world that would come with its own cost...
US, Europe look at fast but risky penalty on Iran
The State
| WASHINGTON - The United States and Europe are considering unprecedented punishment against Iran that could immediately cripple the country's financial lifeline. But it's an extreme option in the banking world that would come with its own costs. | T...
US, Europe look at fast but risky penalty on Iran
my SA
| WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Europe are considering unprecedented punishment against Iran that could immediately cripple the country's financial lifeline. But it's an extreme option in the banking world that would come with its own cos...
Economy
President Barack Obama stands with Members of Congress in House Speaker John Boehner's ceremonial office as Bill Livingood, House Sergeant at Arms, left, and Terrance Gainer, Senate Sergeant at Arms, right, prepare to escort them onto the floor of the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 25, 2011.
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RAHN: Obama has no Plan B
The Washington Times
Story TopicsFollow Us OnFacebookFollow @washtimes | President Obama has just presented his new budget, which again ignores reality. It contains another trillion-dollar deficit, which assumes a large increase in revenue resulting from a tax-rate increase on “the wealthy” and corporations. He knows, and so does everyone else, that Congres...
Business
Wheat plants displaying symptoms of take-all root disease, Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici.
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Iranian trader keen on wheat imports from India
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: The Commerce Ministry today said that an Iranian private trader has evinced interest in importing a "very large" quantity of wheat from India. | "That (the deal) is still under negotiations...It is true that there is one private sector trader from Iran who is interested in importing a very large quantity of wheat (from India)," Commerce ...



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